There is a difference between moving fast and rushing.

You can move fast and be thoughtful. When you rush, you sacrifice thoughtfulness.

Conversely, when you are thoughtful but not moving fast, you are overthinking it. Procrastination in disguise.

Don't rush, but don't wait.

SERV. I see you rather seeming to hasten than hastening.

Not to make too much haste on one’s road.

There’s seldom as much hurry as I used to think there was.

In the age of speed, there’s something to be found in slowing down.

In a speed-obsessed world, the benefits of slowing down are extensive. It allows you to: Restore energy Notice things you missed Be more deliberate with actions Focus on the highest-leverage opportunities Move slow to move fast The Think Day can help. Give it a shot and experience the benefits of intentional solitude.

One of the clichéd human answers to stress and overwork is to increase your speed and your velocity…

The great tragedy of this approach is that you cannot recognize anything or anyone who is not traveling at the same velocity you are and you become a stranger to the slower, longer cycles of existence … and you find it hard to have compassion for anyone [at a slower pace] … you are afraid of stopping and they are reminding you that there is a part of the world that does periodically stops and takes a breath before it moves again. You don’t know who you’d be if you stopped and you get quite resentful … a kind of existential impatience and lack of generosity which comes from stressful approach to work.

Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.

I think that's one thing we don't allow ourselves: the time to think there's this fear that you need to be rushing.

“Better to make haste slowly than not at all,” said Amnir sententiously.

The more hast the lesse speede.

I used to hurry shots, but nothing is rushing me anymore because they (the opponents) still believe I can't shoot. That’s something I worked on in the summer.

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.

Reflection requires stillness.

One cost of rushing from thing to thing is that you lose the space to think. Hard work matters, but nonstop motion often hides a quiet truth: you could have used your time better.

If you never pause, you confuse activity with effectiveness. Make time to think. Walk outside. Sit quietly. Create space. Then move again, but this time on purpose.